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cup·board
/
ˈkʌb
ərd
/
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[
kuhb
-erd
]
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noun
1.
a closet with shelves for dishes, cups, etc.
2.
Chiefly British
.
any small closet or cabinet, as for clothes, food, or the like.
Origin:
1275–1325;
Middle English
cuppebord.
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cupboard
(ˈkʌbəd)
—
n
a piece of furniture or a recessed area of a room, with a door concealing storage space
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
cupboard
early 14c., "a board or table to place cups and like objects," from
cup
+
board
. As a type of closed cabinet for food, etc., from early 16c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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